Outside the Beltway

Looking back on the last three decades of presidential elections. (Part 1: the popular vote).

The press’ abandonment of Bothsiderism is decades overdue.

The requirements for voting in the Peach State appear loose.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

10 more Electoral votes.

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

Some thoughts on voter enthusiasm and EV scenarios.

When early voting meets tragedy.

The ongoing pathetic attempt to create a scandal around Hunter Biden.

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

Two prominent media pollsters are hedging their bets.

Up is down. Down is up.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

Let’s just say Rasmussen is an extreme outlier.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

A look at several models.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Definitions are fun, right?

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

More on SCOTUS expansion and other issues.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A defense of the indefensible.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

A potentially catastrophic delay has been averted.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

A pleasant surprise.

A party-line vote may scuttle mail-in voting in a crucial swing state.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

Media bias is real, but it isn’t what many claim it to be.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

Anonymous bullshit from the New York Post.

Some recommended reading.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

An appeal to some pretty basic virtues.